The Relationship between International Law and Domestic Law: Yong Vui Kong v PP [2010] 3 SLR 489 [Case Note]

• Main Author: CHEN, Siyuan
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2011
• Subjects: Comparative and Foreign Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1976; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3928/viewcontent/RelationshipInternationalLawDomesticLaw_2011_SALJ.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The Court of Appeal in Yong Vui Kong v PP [2010] 3 SLR 489 recently addressed at length the issue of the constitutionality of the mandatory death penalty. In the main, the appellant had argued that the mandatory death penalty was unconstitutional because it violated Art 9(1) of the Constitution of t...